Imranur Rahman regained the country鈥檚 fastest man title on his return to the track after a year-long break as the 17th National Summer Athletics began at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday.
UK-based sprinter Imran took 10.64 seconds (electronic timing) in the 100 metre sprint event to claim his fifth title.
Imran, who represented the Bangladesh Navy team this time, earlier bagged the title four consecutive times - twice in 2022 and once each in 2023 and 2024 鈥� with the Bangladesh Army, before missing the last national meet in February 2025, during which Navy鈥檚 Mohammad Ismail secured victory in the event.
Army鈥檚 Abdul Motaleb finished second by clocking 10.86 seconds while Ismail, a fifth-time winner and previous edition champion, finished third with clocking 10.88 seconds.
Ismail previously won the 100-metre gold at the Bangladesh Games in 2021 before losing his crown to Imran in 2022.聽
Meanwhile, Navy鈥檚 Sumaiya Dewan regained her fastest women鈥檚 title after over three years鈥� gap by dethroning the 16-time winner and her teammate Shirin Akter.
Sumaiya clocked 12.19 seconds to cross the 100 metre distance while Shirin clocked 12.21 seconds and Army鈥檚 Sharifa Khatun took 12.41 seconds to finish second and third, respectively.
Sumaiya earlier represented Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan when won the crown in January 2022 with clocking 12;30 seconds to dethrone Shirin.
Army鈥檚 Abdul Alim set a new national record in the men鈥檚 discus throw event while his teammate Jannat Begum in the women鈥檚 shot-put event, both held at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city.
Alim set the record by covering a distance of 46.94 meters to break the previous record of 44.98 meters set by Azharul Islam of Army in 2010.
Jannat set the record by covering a distance of 13.91 meters in the women鈥檚 shot-put event to break the previous record distance of 13.52 meters set by Navy鈥檚 Zakia Akhter in February 2024.
Bangladesh Army team dominated the medal tally with 19 medals 鈥� seven gold, six silver, six bronze 鈥� followed by Navy with 14 medals 鈥� five gold, six silver and three bronze 鈥� on the opening day.
